Week 2: Favorite Food

Aloha Guys! This week I would like to share some of my favorite Korean dishes with you. I hope you guys enjoy and if you haven't already tried them yet then, maybe I will have given you a good suggestion.

Tteokbokki (spicy rice cake)

The rice cakes are basically mochi like pieces just cut up into cyllindrical bitesized pieces. Recipes vary but you usually have the rice cake, fishcake, green onion, some sort of Korean stock, gochujang (red pepper paste) and sugar. In my personal opinion adding a hard boiled egg is a must but it is completely optional. I have also seen some places add other vegetables like carrots and white onions and or meat. So far, my favorite place to get tteokbokki from is a restaurant called Ireh, located in the McCully shopping center. Every time that I go to this restaurant there are always Koreans there so, I think it's safe to say this restaurant is pretty good.. I mean if natives go there, it must be pretty darn good, right?

Seafood Pancake

A variety of seafood mixed with green onions in a batter filled with flavor? Can I get one? I first discovered seafood pancakes, or as Koreans call them, haemul pajeon in Sacramento, CA (my hometown). There's a restaurant called Tofu House which was relatively close to my house that I used to go to at least once or twice every month before I moved out here. On a quick side note, I love the lady that works there, she is the sweetest person ever and she always used to hook up my family and I with extra side dishes or full meal dishes just cause. Continuing on though, she recommended that my family and I order the seafood pancake one time and now we're all hooked, it was by far one of the most delicious appetizers I had ever had. I may be over exaggerating a bit but it was an instant favorite. I have yet to find a place out here that serves a really good pancake like the one I had at Tofu House but, Thank Q Pocha came pretty close if anyone would like to try!

These are of course just 2 of many Korean dishes that I like but, there are just too many to include in one post and I've made myself hungry. I may or may not post some more of my favorite dishes towards the end of the semester so, be on the lookout! Hopefully if you guys have not tried these dishes yet you will after reading this blog and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Thanks for reading and see you guys next week! <3

P.S If any natives are reading my blog and would like to recommend some places in Korea where I can try these please leave a comment. I am open to suggestions and will hopefully get to study abroad in Korea within the next year or two!